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[ViewtifulJC]

I think I'm gonna watch me some Avatar today

literally the only person who's said this in years

 

[Oersted]

Only way Avatar fails to do a billion is if it's one of the worst sequels ever. Even then, based off BvsS, it probably comes close.

Cameron has yet to disappoint with sequels

Spoiler

Lets pretend Piranha never happened

 

[SpaceWolf]

People still continue to doubt James Cameron? Still?

 

[True Savior]

Doubt what? More than 20 years since he made a decent pic.

Who gives a shit about Cameron the filmmaker in 2017?

 

[Mix Master]

Cameron is a has-been just like Spielberg, dudes just coasting off of their names alone. Both ain't been shit in a hot minute.

 

[Slayven]

I never watched Avatar

 

[firelogic]

Doubt what? More than 20 years since he made a decent pic.

Who gives a shit about Cameron the filmmaker in 2017?

Yup. I haven't liked a Cameron movie since Aliens.

 

[Anth0ny]

Cameron's been going downhill since Terminator 1

 

[gamz]

Cameron's been going downhill since Terminator 1

LOL

 

[M.W.]

Cameron's been going downhill since Terminator 1

Pretty much.

 

[TEJ]

True Lies is legitimately awesome

 

[jett]

This thread is the absolute worst, nuke it from orbit.

 

[Anth0ny]

True Lies is legitimately awesome

It is! I think Terminator 2 and Titanic are awesome as well.


Just not as awesome as Terminator 1, Cameron's best film.

 

[Mix Master]

Cameron slander... LOVE IT.

 

[TEJ]

It is! I think Terminator 2 and Titanic are awesome as well.


Just not as awesome as Terminator 1, Cameron's best film.

T1 was one hell of a movie.

 

[Beefy]

Pratt retweeting every one that praises passengers kind of showed how bad it was.

 

[Nibel]

Cameron is a has-been just like Spielberg, dudes just coasting off of their names alone. Both ain't been shit in a hot minute.

We say that but we will still watch whatever he puts out

 

[Dysun]

Cameron is overdue for a flop

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

People still continue to doubt James Cameron? Still?

Only thing I think is that the Avatar sequels are taking way too long. They would have done gangbustsers 3-4 years ago. They will still do well today, but we are talking about a $2 billion plus movie that unlike Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and some other franchises has lost a lot of its luster. No one is buying avatar merch, humming its score, or even rewatching it today with reverence like they are others. Enough time has passed that people are starting to forget about it, and worse has become more known for being a Fern Gully or Pochahontas "rip off".

 

[DieH@rd]

lol @ Cameron doubters

Somebody needs to slap a subtitle to this scene, where Bishop explains that each hit of the knife is mountain of money that Cameron movies make in cinemas.

 

[AnotherDayAnotherDollar]

I doubt Avatar 2 beats Fan4stic WW BO gross.

 

[DeathyBoy]

I doubt Avatar 2 beats Fan4stic WW BO gross.

Jesus Christ.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I doubt Avatar 2 beats Fan4stic WW BO gross.

In less than 24hrs?

 

[Cheebo]

So once Rogue One finishes it's run the all time domestic top 10 will look like this:

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 936 mil
2. Avatar - 760 mil
3. Titanic - 658 mil
4. Jurassic World - 652 mil
5. The Avengers - 623 mil
6. Star Wars: Rogue One - 550-600 mil
7. The Dark Knight - 534 mil
8. Finding Dory - 486 mil
9. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - 474 mil
10. Star Wars: A New Hope - 460 mil​

4 out of the top 10 all time will Star Wars films. Insane. No other franchise has more than 1 in the top 10. Over the course of just December '15 through December '16 Disney had 3 films that cracked the top 10 of all time.

Next year the only two films with realistic chance of cracking the top 10 are also Disney films, Star Wars Episode VIII and Beauty and the Beast.

 

[BumRush]

What...what happened in here?

 

[zero_suit]

So once Rogue One finishes it's run the all time domestic top 10 will look like this:

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 936 mil
​

I'll never get over this number.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Avatar was a novelty, built not on lasting characters or settings but on fancy new technologies. Popularity dropped off fast on that one. I don't see a sequel resonating with people the same way the first one did if people remember it at all.

 

[smokeymicpot]

I'll never get over this number.

Just wait for episodes 8 number.